[NFBCS] Accessible math content

[Amanda Lacy]

Most blind people may be over 55 but I doubt most blind *students* are over 55.

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> On Jul 16, 2019, at 11:00 AM, Edgar Lozano via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> This is an interest of mine (finding ways to make math accessible to
> people who are visually impaired). When I was at university, I worked
> as a software dev assistant for Pearson. In my role, I was able to
> work alongside a developer who was working on an accessible equation
> editor. I assisted in getting the ball rolling in introducing ARIA,
> MathML, etc to this fellow developer. We used ArIA and a set of custom
> rules to facilitate speech for keyboard entry and entering symbols
> into this custom editor. We also managed to implement a working
> Braille system wherein Nemeth Braille was generated and the
> possibility of entering equations with a braille display was possible.
> When I left, I was helping in efforts to improve self-voicing
> capabilities. I'm unaware of the state of the project at the moment as
> I am at a new position, but I still have communication with the main
> developer working the project. I'd be happy to answer some question
> and possibly begin a conversation with him. Just let me know if this
> is an interest, and I can provide a more formal email address. I use
> this email address for email list subscriptions.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Edgar
> 
> 
>> On 7/15/19, Michael Ausbun via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>               Greetings Federation Family,
>>               At work, I am working on a project right now, to ensure equal
>> access for *all* people to our math content. We are an entirely online
>> university. We have fairly consistent results rendering our math content
>> into accessible electronic braille, but we are looking for a solution for
>> those users who may not be braille readers or who are not strong braille
>> users. Although we could provide readers (and have in the past), we would
>> like to discover a consistent, accessible solution to allow screen readers
>> to interpret and properly convey content of math equations to our students.
>> Doing lots of research, I have found a lot of conflicting information, and I
>> thought who better to ask than my federation family. Any suggestions would
>> be highly valued!
>>               As I understand it, the issue here seems to consistently be
>> both user agent related or assistive technology related (inclusive
>> disjunction, here).
>> Respectfully,
>> michael
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Michael Duane Ausbun, MA
>> Specialist, Learning Experience,
>> Universal Design and Accessibility Team
>> Salt Lake City, Utah
>> [WGU Learning Experience]
>> 
>> Western Governors University
>> 4001 South 700 East, Suite 700
>> Salt Lake City, UT 84107
>> Michael.ausbun at wgu.edu
>> 
>> 
>> [Western Governors University]<wgu.edu>
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Brian Buhrow via NFBCS
>> Sent: Monday, July 15, 2019 1:17 PM
>> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Brian Buhrow <buhrow at nfbcal.org>; Bryan Schulz <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net>
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>> 
>> -thanks
>> -Brian
>> 
>> 
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